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 Encyclopedia: Minor league baseball
In 1900, he changed the name of the league to the American League and vowed to make deals to sign contracts with players who were dissatisfied with the pay and terms of their deals with the National League.
All the leagues are operated as independent businesses, but all of the best-known leagues are members of Minor League Baseball, an umbrella organization for leagues that have agreements to operate as affiliates of Major League Baseball.
Minor baseball leagues are North American professional baseball leagues that compete at a level below that of Major League Baseball.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Minor-league-baseball   (6147 words)

  
 Leagues
National Alliance of Basketball Leagues The National Alliance of Basketball Leagues is the descendent of the industrial-...
List of leagues of American football Current leagues National Football League (1920-) Arena Football League (1987-) NFL...
List of minor league baseball leagues and teams This is a list of Mexico.
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 USBL
The United States Basketball league (USBL) is in the midst of its nineteenth season as the "League of Opportunity".
In addition to teaching basketball skills, current and former NBA coaches and players, high school and college coaches and prominent community leaders stress the importance of sportsmanship, education, drug and alcohol avoidance and career planning.
National exposure and greater television exposure on a new television network are planned for 2003 with an additional focus on increased marketing directed toward increased attendance.
www.smallcapreview.com /usbl.htm   (3631 words)

  
 St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: National Basketball Association
The first professional leagues began operating around the turn of the twentieth century, with the first true national league, the American Basketball League (ABL), established in 1925.
Public disenchantment was crystallized by a nationally televised contest between the Knicks and the Boston Celtics in 1954, from which the network cut away in the final minutes because the action was so enervating.
The new league fielded 17 clubs in its inaugural season, although the absorption of NBL franchises left the NBA a curious agglomeration of large (New York, Boston) and small (Sheboygan, Syracuse) markets.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100863   (985 words)

  
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National Alliance of Basketball Leagues - Director of Development - Responsible for forming teams and divisions for the professional level of American men's AAU basketball.
John Jordan served as the Director of Development of the new NABL (National Alliance of Basketball Leagues.) The NABL kicked off play with 5 teams in the Ohio Valley this past November.
JSM was then involved on a consulting basis with the newly formed GBA (Global Basketball Alliance) which completed their first season this past May. Now Mr Jordan is the Co Founder and Commissioner of the new XBA, a new men's summer pro league based out of the Carolinas.
www.geocities.com /twentythreesports/comp2.htm   (2469 words)

  
 United States Olympic Committee - Citizens Through Sport Alliance
Alliance members have noted a worrisome decline in sportsmanship and ethical conduct in athletics, a deterioration that permeates sports competition from the youth leagues to the professional leagues.
The Citizenship Through Sports Alliance is a joint effort by the school-college-Olympic community and professional sports leagues to promote the values of citizenship that are
The alliance was formed because of each organization's concern regarding the current sports culture.
www.olympic-usa.org /11937_12819.htm   (279 words)

  
 Basketball Digest: Empty Promises, Unfulfilled Dreams - basketball league management
One week later, five former CBA teams joined another minor league hoop circuit, the International Basketball League (which had shrunk to six teams and saw one of those six; the New Mexico Slam, nearly fold before the league took over its day-to-day operations).
Now more than ever, minor league basketball teams and leagues are having difficulty surviving in a crowded sports marketplace.
The United States Basketball league, a two-month summer basketball circuit, is entering its 15th year, "We don't compete with the NBA," USBL public relations director Orville Sweeney says.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCJ/is_7_28/ai_74437540   (1487 words)

  
 Association for Professional Basketball Research
MPBL Midwest Professional Basketball League 1961-62 to 1963-64
EBL Eastern Basketball League 1925-26, 1928-29 to 1935-36
We have members who run their own web sites, work for various basketball organizations, are published authors or basketball researchers, former players, media members and writers, and everyday basketball fans.
hometown.aol.com /bradleyrd/apbr.html   (1062 words)

  
 Kansas City Sports History
Toni was one of 3 women that played in the Negro Leagues Baseball, including Mamie "Peanut" Johnson and Connie Morgan, both of which played for the Indianapolis Clowns in 1954-55.
The Blues were an improvement over the previous National League and Union Association teams that the city had fielded yet they still found themselves overmatched in the American Association.
At the March 9th, 1887 NL meeting, the authorization of the Cowboys' purchase of the Maroons was refused and both Kansas City and St. Louis were dropped from the league.
home.kc.rr.com /starrpower/sports/history.htm   (3514 words)

  
 NFL.com - NFL News
The National Alliance of Youth Sports (www.nays.org) lists a continuum of consequences for behaviors which could prove valuable to leagues looking to create and enforce positive conduct at games.
The National Alliance for Youth Sports reports a significant increase in leagues across the country reporting that they have been working on developing guidelines for positive parent participation in their youngster's sports programs.
If the goal of league officials is to decrease negative unsportsmanlike conduct by parents, then there have to be consequences that will be experienced by parents as negative and unpleasant.
www.nfl.com /news/story/6138662   (1139 words)

  
 List of developmental and minor sports leagues
Basketball Developmental League, the true NBA minor league.
The Futures Is Now: Be it ever so humble, the LPGA's new minor league gives a burgeoning number of pros a tour to call h...
It is a developmental league that feeds players...
hallencyclopedia.com /List_of_developmental_and_minor_sports_leagues   (306 words)

  
 NBA/WNBA Philanthropy
The WNBA, partnered with Sears, are raising awareness and funds for the National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO), the leading non-profit education and information resource on breast cancer.
JRNBA and JRWNBA are programs that teach children the fundamentals of the game of basketball and the importance of fitness (Huckeba, 2001).
Read to Achieve targets children kindergarten through fifth grade and is the leagues primary community service project for the 2001-2002 season.
iml.jou.ufl.edu /projects/Spring02/Parish/dreamweaver/NBAPHILANTHROPY.htm   (162 words)

  
 Professional Basketball League Teams
North American Basketball League NABL 1964-65 to 1967-68 Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League PCPBL 1946-47 to 1947-48 Pennsylvania State League PSL 1914-15 to 1917-18 1919-20 to 1920-21 Philadelphia Basketball League PBL 1902-03 to 1908-09 Professional Basketball League of America PBLA 1947-48 *Pro Basketball USA PBUSA 1991 **Southern Pro Basketball League SPBL 1945-46 to 1948-1949?
Southwest Basketball League SBL 1997-98 to present Tri-State League TSL 1930-31 United Basketball Alliance UBA 1999 to present *United Basketball League UBL 1979 United States Basketball League USBL 1985 to 1988 1990 to present **Western Basketball Association WBL 1972-73 to 1973-74?
Louis Swarm 1999-00 San Diego Stingrays 1999-00 Tampa Bay* 1999-00 Trenton Shooting Stars 1999-00 INTERSTATE BASKETBALL LEAGUE [1899-00 to 1900-01] Conshohocken 1899-00 to 1900-01 Germantown Y.M.C.A. Hancock A.A. Manayunk 1900-01 Millville 1899-00 to 1900-01 Penn Wheelmen 1899-00 to 1900-01 Philadelphia 1900-01 St.
hometown.aol.com /apbrhoops/leagues.html   (511 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports /2005/07/19/
Smith previously played with the Hawaii Chiefs of the National Alliance of Basketball Leagues and came away disappointed with the experience.
Kawika Smith's previous experience playing professional basketball locally left him a little leery about the latest attempt to bring a pro team to the islands.
Both Gilmore and Cockett, the current girls basketball coach at Kamehameha, said their relationships with Williams, who worked as an aerospace engineer before starting a career in sports marketing some two decades ago, convinced them to join the team.
starbulletin.com /2005/07/19/sports/story4.html   (696 words)

  
 Basketball
Basketball is truly a game for everyone because you can change it to fit your style.
Basketball was invented to bring outdoor games inside.
Registration for men’s adult basketball league will run from August 2 — August 20.
www.clearwater-fl.com /gov/depts/parksrec/athletics/basketball.asp   (344 words)

  
 Peoria
league was the brainchild of Indianapolis grocer Irv Kautsky, who sponsored the Indianapolis Kautsky's club team, and Goodyear Tire Company, who originally sponsored the Akron Wingfoots.
After a false start in the early 1930's, the league was restarted in 1938, with the Wingfoots winning the initial NBL title.
PEORIA, Ariz. - InsidethePark.com's Joe Kaiser and Jason A. Churchill were at the Mariners minor league fields at the Peoria Sports Complex on Monday, and the pair unearthed several tasty tidbits for diehard M's fans.
bonose.com /Peoria-128.html   (747 words)

  
 National Alliance for Youth Sports
The National Alliance For Youth Sports, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization seeks to make the sports experience safe, fun and healthy for ALL children.
With the realization that volunteer coaches are only one aspect of the youth sports equation, the Board of Directors expanded the NYSCA to form the National Alliance For Youth Sports in 1993.
Today, NAYS has become the nation's leading youth sports educator and advocate with national programs that educate administrators, coaches, officials and parents about their roles and responsibilities in the context of youth sports, in addition to offering youth development programs for children.
www.nays.org /IntMain.cfm?Page=79&Cat=1   (286 words)

  
 Staff
Recently, Blatchford received a National Youth Sports Award from Stanford University’s Positive Coaching Alliance and an Excellence in Teaching award from NYC Community School District 6.
Born and raised in New York City, Smith played professional basketball in England from 2000-05.
As a student-athlete, he was a basketball Academic All-Ivy ('00) and District 1 Academic All-American.
www.childrensaidsociety.org /newheights/staff   (543 words)

  
 Citizenship Through Sports Alliance Board of Directors
WNBA for the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), which serves existing recreational youth basketball leagues with support programs for players, coaches, parents and officials.
JoAnn Rust, (drrust@cox.net), Vice-President (Women) at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), and is the retired Division Dean for Education and Director of Athletics at Pima County Community College in Tucson, Arizona.
She is responsible for integration and coordination of all AAHPERD programmatic initiatives within the six national associations, including NASPE.
www.sportsmanship.org /directors.asp   (380 words)

  
 The Problem of Corruption - 1
Representatives from a number of organizations, including the National Association of Basketball Coaches, Women's Basketball Coaches Association, National Basketball Association, National Basketball Players Association, National Federation of State High-School Athletic Associations, apparel and equipment companies, Amateur Athletic Union, camp operators, media representatives, and student-athletes, may be invited to make presentations at the hearings.
The severity of the problem is reflected in creation of "The NCAA Division I Working Group to Study Basketball Issues": "A 27-member group representing a diverse segment of Division I educators and sports administrators will begin an examination next month of a wide range of issues that impact NCAA Division I basketball."
The creation of the NCAA Commission reflects not only admission that a serious problem remains but also the misguided assumption that athletic officials should be the ones to address it.
www.drake.edu /events/collegesports/problem1.html   (620 words)

  
 WNBA.com: History of the WNBA
On April 24, 1996, women’s basketball announced “We Got Next” as the NBA Board of Governors approved the concept of a Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) to begin play in June 1997.
After developing an extensive list of choices, the team names were selected by the league and the teams based on numerous factors, including: a tie to the NBA team name in that market, a link to a key characteristic of each city or state and/or the creation of a name fitting the current sports landscape.
However, the very first for the league was a “to-do list.” With less than 15 months to tipoff, a league of its own began to unfold for the WNBA as each task was completed.
www.wnba.com /about_us/historyof_wnba.html   (1334 words)

  
 Ex-HPU coach Sellitto to be head Chief for semi-pro team - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
The Chiefs have been certified by both the North American Basketball League and the National Alliance of Basketball Leagues, and will play games here and on the Mainland.
Sellitto, who coached Maryknoll to a state boys basketball championship in 1984 and HPU to the NAIA national championship in 1993, said he will not be paid to coach the Chiefs.
Sellitto, one of Hawai'i's most successful and recognized basketball coaches, has agreed to coach the Hawai'i Chiefs, a semi-professional team that will begin play in December.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2003/Sep/30/sp/sp15a.html   (512 words)

  
 History
It is difficult to determine exactly when the first homeschool basketball team was started.
The event that may have provided the catalyst to the growth surge in homeschool basketball in the early
But, it is clear the majority of growth has occurred since 1990.
www.homeschoolbasketball.net /History.html   (565 words)

  
 National Basketball Development League
National Basketball Development League -NBDL- and SFX Entertainment, Inc. Announce Alliance to Bring Pro Basketball and Entertainment Events to Mid-Size U.S. Cities.
Sports leagues stress youth-oriented causes; NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL are adding to their national programs.
Running the option; Concerned by young draftees who can't make it in the big league, the NBA is creating a minor league for players 20 and older.
www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0905219.html   (268 words)

  
 Open Directory - Sports: Organizations
National Institute for Sports Reform - Coalition of concerned Americans seeking to improve the athletic and educational experiences of children.
National Institute of Sports Professionals - US organization promoting system of care for athletes at all levels of competition in all sports.
SportzFusion - Adult and College-Aged sports leagues serving Dutchess County and the Albany / Capital region of New York.
dmoz.org /Sports/Organizations   (1756 words)

  
 National Industrial Basketball League
the league recognized the changing sponsorship of the teams away from the large industrial companies and renamed it the National AAU Basketball League (NABL).
League, The National Industrial Basketball League was founded in 1953, to enable mill workers a chance to compete in basketball.
National Industrial Basketball League The National Industrial Basketball League was founded in 1953, to enable mill workers a chance to compete
www.all-about-basketball.com /national_industrial_basketball_league.jsp   (463 words)

  
 List of developmental and minor sports leagues - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This page was last modified 01:59, 31 October 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minor_sports_/_developmental_leagues   (38 words)

  
 TEAM Coalition - Releases
TEAM is a national alliance of professional sports leagues, stadium service partners, brewers, broadcasters and traffic safety experts that work to promote responsible drinking and positive fan behavior at sports facilities.
Members include the National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, NHTSA, ARAMARK, Beer Institute representing Anheuser-Busch, Miller Brewing Company and Coors Brewing Company, and the National Association of Broadcasters.
In kicking off the enforcement campaign, NHTSA and TEAM were joined by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and AAA.
www.teamcoalition.org /news/releases/3D.asp   (381 words)

  
 Basketball/Professional : Zocho Sports Directory
A semi-pro basketball league set to begin play in the winter of 2001 in cities all over North America.
Formed from leagues of Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Belgium, England, France and Switzerland.
Offers news, players, schedules, standings, statistics, and scores from the YUBA league, men's 1B league, and women's league.
www.zocho.com /Basketball/Professional   (238 words)

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